[Jeff Chandler]

>>.The total disaster.....just won.<<

Don’t make Ernie sad.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I'm not sad just curious about the report.....This might have the basis for what was going on....From the NY Times article ...link at post # 20...FR thread at post #19.

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The American military said in a statement that British and American military training teams were working alongside Iraqi soldiers and that the Iraqi military consulted with senior British and American officers before undertaking this stage in the battle.

The consultation is a contrast to the early days of the Basra operation, personally led by Mr. Maliki, when Iraqi troops moved in on Basra, with little prior consultation with either the Americans the British, the coalition troops who have a base in the area. Later, members of Mr. Maliki’s inner circle conceded that they had a communications problem, especially with the British, that needed to be rectified.